# Ballsy photographer

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [December 14, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349 "2009-12-14T04:35:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/1 "2009-12-14T04:35:10Z")

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:eek4: Drag racing camera jockey almost gets hit!

This dude must clank when he walks. Gotta give the man props for hangin’ in there and snapping a few!

> **[Pictured: The moment British photographer cheated death under wheels of 200mph...](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234929/Cheating-death-The-moment-British-photographer-narrowly-escapes-crushed-runaway-drag-race-car.html)**
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> Andy Willsheer kept snapping even as the car spun towards the crash barrier at Pomona Raceway in California.

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**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/2 "2009-12-14T05:57:57Z")

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wow, if only more people would do their jobs like that guy did!

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**Author:** ![foz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/foz/32/6028_2.png) [@foz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/foz)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/3 "2009-12-14T06:20:01Z")

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badass

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**Author:** ![cleanquick306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@cleanquick306](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cleanquick306)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/4 "2009-12-14T06:20:53Z")

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fine line between bravery and stupidity…worked out for him so people say he was brave…  
if he got blasted by the car everyone would be saying he was an idiot…

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**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/5 "2009-12-14T07:51:31Z")

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wow granted stupid but those are amazing shots

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**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/6 "2009-12-14T08:03:56Z")

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If I didn’t die, I would have been walking away with a few extra pounds of doo doo in my pants after that one.

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**Author:** ![XxChrisSxX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/da6949/32.png) [@XxChrisSxX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XxChrisSxX)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/7 "2009-12-14T08:58:20Z")

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thats intense

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**Author:** ![spoolinsteve](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spoolinsteve/32/6026_2.png) [@spoolinsteve](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spoolinsteve)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/8 "2009-12-14T09:01:56Z")

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WOW lol, tire is like spinning an inch from the camera

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**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/9 "2009-12-14T09:06:33Z")

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The video showed him jump back 5 or 6 feet, the camera wasn’t an inch from the tires.

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**Author:** ![spoolinsteve](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spoolinsteve/32/6026_2.png) [@spoolinsteve](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spoolinsteve)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/10 "2009-12-14T09:13:27Z")

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Sorry I judge distances like you car idles at the dyno day!, very poorly! :love:

…I realize the camera has some sort of zoom on it, an inch or five feet it is 50 feet closer than I would have stayed!

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**Author:** ![bald1one](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@bald1one](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bald1one)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/11 "2009-12-14T11:02:40Z")

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F-that i woulda been running my fat ass as far away from that as possible

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**Author:** ![1994Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1994sleeper/32/6056_2.png) [@1994Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1994Sleeper)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ballsy-photographer/204349/12 "2009-12-14T20:44:07Z")

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> [@who buys old dvds(movies) and playstation games?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-buys-old-dvds-movies-and-playstation-games/41745/13):
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> If I didn’t die, I would have been walking away with a few extra pounds of doo doo in my pants after that one.

Extra?? How many pounds of doo doo do you normally keep in your pants? 🙂
